The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — volume 2: in the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers And Civilians
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — volume 2: in the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers And Civilians
Bierce Ambrose
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He did notlook at the captain, but addressed the general: "During the engagement I discovered the state of affairs, and apprisedthe commander of the battery. I ventured to urge that the firing cease. I was insulted and ordered to my post. " "Do you know anything of the orders under which I was acting?" asked thecaptain. "Of any orders under which the commander of the battery was acting, " thelieutenant continued, still addressing the general, "I know nothing. " Captain Ransome felt his world si...nk away from his feet. In those cruelwords he heard the murmur of the centuries breaking upon the shore ofeternity. He heard the voice of doom; it said, in cold, mechanical, andmeasured tones: "Ready, aim, fire!" and he felt the bullets tear hisheart to shreds. He heard the sound of the earth upon his coffin and (ifthe good God was so merciful) the song of a bird above his forgottengrave. Quietly detaching his sabre from its supports, he handed it up tothe provost-marshal. ONE OFFICER, ONE MAN Captain Graffenreid stood at the head of his company.
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